Cable grip



March 29, 1932.

W. J. BUEHRING CABLE GRIP Filed Dec. 14, 1931 [Il b1 Patented Mar. 29,1932v A1151811f'lao srATas ginkxrlsarr oFF-ica WILLIAM J. BUEHRING, orCHICAGO, ILLINOIS i CABLE. GRIP Application inea4 December 14, 1931.klseriai' No. 580,753. l

My invention relates to cabler grips of thek split sleeve type such forexample vas are shown in the United States patent to WhaleyNo.1,769,479. Y

It istheprincipal purpose of this invention to provide a gripofthischaracter with a novel means whereby the same may be utii 15. singlehooks or clips fastened to one side and hooking into the other side. Solong as a few wires and 'not too strong a grip is required so that abouta dozen hooks is all that needbe used, that is. quite satisfactory.However,r

when thiscable grip is adapted to work ref quiring a stronger grip and amuch greater strength, a considerably greater number of wires must beused and this rapidly increases the number of loopswhich must be hookedto gether. Furthermore, the wires yare closer together in the strongergrips which does not Vmake them any easier to hook. p

This invention contemplates the provision of a novel hooking devicewhereby the num ber of hooking operations ynecessary to connect togetherthe two sides of the split sleeve Y is reduced to less than one-half thetotal number of loops on either side of the split sleeve. i I willdescribe the preferred form of my invention by reference to theaccompanying drawings whereinf Fig.y 1 is a side `view'of a grip asapplied to a cable;l n y Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the hookemployed showinglhow it is engaged with a loopyby a simple tool.- y

Referring nowv in detail to the drawings, the numeral 3 refers to 'aYcable of common `form. The grip 4 is madeup as in the prior patentmentioned, of a plurality of strands',V

offwirev such as 5, 6, 7 ,and 8` which strands are inclined with respectto the axis of the body so that they pass helically from the one edge 9tothe other edge. 10 and back. At one end the strands are attachedtogether in pairs as indicated at 11 while atthe other end theyare'united to form the hand grips. 12 and 13,

Inforder to connect` the opposite loops along the two `side Vedges 9kand 10 of thersplit sleeve, I yprovide the, members 141" which, as,shown 55 most clearly by Fig; 2, consist of metal plates having alongthe yone side'edgejl` a plurality of hooked projections 16,17, and `18vwhile on` theopposite sidea single .hook 191s provided,

this single hook 19 being somewhat heavier 60l than lthe hooks v16, 17,and 18. In practice, the small hooks'l, 17 and 18 are permanent lyattached toy l the loops asindicated vin Fig.

11, andthe plates 14 are alternately attached rto opposite sides ofthe`'split sleeveV inthe 65V 'fashion shownin Fig. 1; .p l

It' isibelieved'p'to he clear` from the above descrip'tionV andtheillustrationlthat in lacing up thesleeve l it is necessaryto make onlyone hookv 19A hookinto its corresponding loopk 70 20 for eachthree loopswhen counted lengthwiseof the sleeve.V p Y l y. However," when the endsofthe sleeve are approached, it is necessary ,to provide ayspei cialtype of hook so thatthe two end loops such for example as 21 and v22 inFig. 1 Ywill be fastened together.. This, special type ofy connectinghook vis shown at 23 and includes thetwo permanent fastenings 24 and 25similar toV 16V withthe hook member 26 similar to 50 19. As shown,v twoof these types ofhooks are used, and inf'addition :a single hook 27similar to thatv shown; in they patent isA femyployed Yat' the handgrip' end of the sleeve.

This hook`27-may be dispensed with if de- S5 sired.y *y v` From theabove description, it islbelieved to bef'clear that thenovell means of`hooking the split sleevetogether effects a considerable-j sav'ingilnthe amount of time and work necessary to fasten or to unfasten the sidesof the sleeve.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. In a cable grip having a body portion consisting of a split sleevecomposed of strands so interlaced as to form a series of loops at eachlongitudinal edge thereof, hook members for securing the opposite edgesof said sleeve together, said hook members being connected to more loopson one side edge than on the other.

2. In a cable grip having a body portion consisting of a split sleevecomposed of strands so interlaced as to form a series of loops at eachlongitudinal edge thereof, hook members for securing the opposite edgesof said sleeve together, said hook members being connected to aplurality of said loops on one side edge and having a loop receivingmember for engaging a loop on the other side edge of said sleeve.

3. In a cable grip having a body p ortion consisting of a split sleevecomposed of strands so interlaced as to form a series of loops at eachlongitudinal edge thereof, hook members for securing the opposite edgesof said sleeve together, said hook members being connected to aplurality of said loops on one side edge and having a loop receivingmember for engaging a loop on the other side edge of said sleeve,alternate hook members being attached to opposite side edges of saidsleeve.

4. In a cable grip having a body portion consisting of a split sleevecomposed of strands so interlaced as to form a series of loops at eachlongitudinal edge thereof, hook members for securing the opposite edgesof said sleeve together, said members each comprising a connecting platehaving a plurality of loops of one side edge of said sleeve slidablyhooked thereto at spaced points along the edge thereof and having a hookfor engaging a single loop on the other side edge of said sleeve. n

5. In a cable grip having a body portion consisting of a split sleevecomposed of strands so interlaced as to form a series of loops at eachlongitudinal edge thereof, hook members for securing the opposite edgesof said sleeve together, said members each comprising a connecting platehaving a plurality of loops of one side edge of said sleeve slidablyhooked thereto at spaced points along the edge thereof and having a hookfor engaging a single loop on the other side edge of said sleeve, eachof said plates being connected opposite to the adjacent plates wherebyall of said loops are connected to plates.

6. -In a cable grip having a body portion consisting of a split sleevecomposed of strands so interlaced as to form a series of loops at eachlongitudinal edge thereof, hook WILLIAM J. BUEHRING.

